the poll numbers looking good for mitt romney. they have to make him look bad. they use awkward photos. there were photos and showing them to get together and embrace. it was a normal meet and greet with a family and a cand date. >> gretchen: you mean the first picture. >> brian: that looks awkward hands out early. and new york times front page. but if you watch the video there is nothing awkward about that meeting. >> gretchen: picture makes it look like he is far away. >> brian: hands out early. >> gretchen: we know that politics is all about imagery, folks that has transformed good or bad over the last couple of deck aleds as we saw thingos television and debates and thinking back to other october surprises. one of them had to do with the televised debate which was nixon-kennedy. first in nixon and mcgovern when kissinger announced there was peace in vietnam and that changed everything. that was an october surprise and nixon didn't agree with it. >> steve: he said peace at hand . democrats called foul. henry kisser said peace is at hand. >> brian: watergate h